[Bonetools] General question about dot and circle motif

[T + M Tielens]

Hello Kate,

I use it for the decorations on my bone articles. When I started with bone
carving I used the one hand tool with a metal fork and I turned it round.
But if you look at all the originals this is not the way our ancestors did
it. Nowadays I use a handdrill with a 3 fork metaltool specialy made by a
blacksmith. And although I am not satisfatied yet the result is much better
than before.

Greetings
Monica Tielens
Bikkel en Been

2012/6/11 Katherine M. Moore <kmmoore at sas.upenn.edu>

> Dear bone tool group colleagues:
>
> My eye was caught by the dot/circle motifs on that hair pin, and I address
> the list with a few basic questions about this motif, based on their
> occasional appearance on "fancy" pieces in Formative (neolithic) Bolivia.
>
> What tools and techniques are necessary to produce this effect? It is a
> one-step or two-step procedure to produce the dot and the circle together?
>
> I have seen reference to producing the circle with a fine, stiff reed or
> plant stem and abrasive. Does this seem reasonable?
>
> Does decoration with dot-and-circle seem like a more demanding process
> than free-hand engraving or less demanding of skill and training?
>
> There is spectacular free-hand engraving on bone for thousands of years in
> the New World, but dot-and-circle also appears. I don't have the experience
> to judge the implications for the production of the craft, much less what
> the social implications might be in choosing a dot-and-circle decoration
> over a hatched band or a little monkey or jaguar.
>
> Thanks for your insights,
>
> best,
>
> Kate Moore
>
>
>
> Quoting Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen <marloesrijkelijkhuizen@**hotmail.com<marloesrijkelijkhuizen at hotmail.com>
> >:
>
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> A question from a German colleague.
>> This object is 6,6 cm long, diameter of the shaft is 0,4 cm. The dice are
>> circa 0,6 x 0,7 cm.
>>
>> Has anyone of you seen such a piece before, or has any other information?
>>
>> With best wishes,
>> Marloes
>>
>
>
>
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